System power management

The power-management features supported by your system are described in the following sections.

About soft-off

When you turn off your computer by following the Windows shutdown procedure or pressing the power button, a small amount of power (less than 5 watts) still runs to the wakeup circuitry on the system board. In this soft-offstate, your computer can still respond to an incoming signal from the modem or to certain LAN commands.

To remove all power from your computer, turn off the computer and unplug the power cord. When you plug the power cord back in, the network connection LEDs may flash and the fan may start before you press the power button. This is normal.

Using Suspend in Windows 95

Suspend is a power-management feature that can reduce power by shutting down the hard drive and reducing or turning off power to the monitor. When the system is in Suspend, it appears to be off. The computer’s power LED turns amber and the monitor goes dark, indicating that the system has entered Suspend. However, some wakeup events can bring the system out of Suspend.

When you resume from Suspend, the system returns to the state it was in without going through the normal startup routine.

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